&34;The thing is, we were together for 50 years and that's long enough to do almost anything with anybody,&34; says the Hall & Oates singersongwriter. John Oate

"The thing is, we were together for 50 years and that's long enough to do almost anything with anybody," says the Hall & Oates singer-songwriter.

John Oates clarifies where things stand with Daryl Hall after legal feud: 'We've agreed to disagree'

"The thing is, we were together for 50 years and that's long enough to do almost anything with anybody," says the Hall & Oates singer-songwriter.

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John Oates is setting the record straight on where he and his former music partner Daryl Hall stand.**

"We've agreed to disagree and agree again," Oates tells ** in an interview conducted before Hall dropped his lawsuit against his onetime collaborator. "We're fine. He's doing his thing, I'm doing my thing."**

The "Enough Is Enough" singer adds, "The thing is, we were together for 50 years and that's long enough to do almost anything with anybody. But, at the same time, what a great legacy of music that we created. I'm very, very proud of it."

Daryl Hall and John Oates performing in 2017.

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Hall voluntarily dismissed his claims against Oates and his respective trust on Aug. 11, per legal documents obtained and viewed by EW. The move comes more than a year and a half after he sued his Oates and his trust for attempting to sell his stake in their joint venture, Whole Oats Enterprises LLP, to Primary Wave Music. **

In his filing, Hall called Oates' decision the "ultimate partnership betrayal" and claimed it went against a business agreement made between them. At the time, Oates' lawyer Tim Warnock told *The New York Times*, "Mr. Oates has proceeded exactly as he was allowed to proceed.... Mr. Hall could have done the exact same thing himself."

Oates later explained on *Good Morning America* in May 2024 that he and Hall had "always looked at ourselves as individuals working together" rather than as a collective, and that it was "pretty common" for artists to sell portions of their company if they desired.

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"I think what happened was our partnership was established 50 years ago, and the documentation of that partnership was outdated and completely irrelevant to the people we became 50 years later," Oates told PEOPLE that same month. "And when it was time to reevaluate how to modernize and how to make that partnership function in a better way, we had changed so radically as people that there was really no way to compromise on that."

Meanwhile, Hall confirmed that May that the pair's partnership was officially over. "I haven't had a creative relationship with John for at least 25 years," he told *Variety*. "We didn't write songs together. We didn't do anything together except perform live shows. We had an arrangement that I couldn't play my solo songs on stage with Hall & Oates — and now I get to."

***Sign up for **'s free daily newsletter* *to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.******* One of the most successful duos in pop history, Hall & Oates recorded 18 studio albums together and scored six No. 1 singles on the *Billboard* charts: "Rich Girl," "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater," and "Out of Touch." Their celebrated career also saw them jointly inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Both Hall and Oates have performed as solo artists over the years. Hall released his sixth album, titled *D*, just last year, while Oates dropped his seventh solo album, *Oates*, this week.

"To me, the legacy of Hall & Oates and the things that Daryl and I created together is like a visit to a museum," Oates tells EW. "It will stand the test of time and hopefully still resonate into the future. That music will hopefully never go away. But at the same time, you walk through a museum and after a few hours, your feet start hurting, and you've seen so many beautiful things, and you say, 'Okay, enough is enough. I gotta move on. I've gotta go out into the sunshine and see what else is out there.'"**

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